For simple log file analysis
like log4j logs … etc , you just need to feed the input data or log files

Splunk provides out of the
box App to analyze and monitor websphere appserver server config and logs
(events).

You can install this WAS app
from the Splunk UI directly

6. provide the Splunk account details to
download the app , once the installation is done it asks restart.

You need provide the
was admin crendentials If you want to gather the JMX metrics (Like WAS out of
the box PMI metrics).

By default it
provides couple of dashboards

On each WAS machine
from which you will collect log data, you must install a Splunk universal
forwarder and the Splunk Forwarder Add-on for WAS. If you want to collect JMX
performance data, then you must have a stand-alone host with network access to
the WAS Deployment Manager and an installed Splunk universal forwarder with the
Splunk Forwarder Appliance Add-on for WAS installed. To collect, search,and
store the data in your environment you must have a Splunk instance with the
Splunk App for WAS installed.

Note: As I have single server , I have installed it as a standalone App , In this case you do not need the FA or the
Forwarder Add-ons.

Extract and copy the
healthchecker.zip from the update installer directory to portal server
root (C:/IBM/WebSphere/PortalServer). This just contains a filename called
"upgrade_health_check.xml" and this gets copied to
"C:\IBM\WebSphere\PortalServer\installer\wp.config\config\includes"
folder.

When
I just run the "install"
command , I got the following error "Java could not be found, please
specify -is:javahome <java_home_dir> even though I set the environment
variables (my local WAS instance is not
installed in default location that is "c:/program
files/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer")

I
had to execute the following command to start the wizard properly (Make sure
path is valid in responsefile.updiinstaller.txt).

After the update installer
installed, install the maintenance pack. ( I ran into problem where it was
not able to delete some of the files while installing, and had to restart
the machine. So suggest to restart the machine after start installing the
maintenance pack )

Retried after server restart
and it is installed successfully.

Installing the Portal Solution Installer

From the extracted directory
, update the settings.properties file

C:\temp\SolutionInstaller\commands\windows

Execute the
C:\temp\SolutionInstaller\commands\windows>install-SolutionInstaller.bat

Installing CTC

From the CTC-install
directory , update the profile path in ctc.properties and execute
C:\temp\CTCInstall3001>ctc-install.bat

Eexecute the folowing command
C:\temp\CTCInstall3001>ctc-install.bat

Note: You can find more details specific to CTC
installation options like how to disable CTC-Demo , or CTC-Theme …etc in the
documentation provided in the downloaded zip file

When you export a library as a copy, new IDs are generated
for all items in the library. This ensures that there are no conflicts with
existing libraries or items when you import the copy into a web content server
that already contains the original library. In this way, you can perform
multiple imports to the same web content server, resulting in a new library for
each import.